How To Install dovecot-pop3d on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dovecot-pop3d on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is dovecot-pop3d
dovecot-pop3d is:
Dovecot is a mail server whose major goals are security and extreme reliability. It tries very hard to handle all error conditions and verify that all data is valid, making it nearly impossible to crash. It supports mbox/Maildir and its own dbox/mdbox formats, and should also be pretty fast, extensible, and portable.
This package contains the Dovecot POP3 server. Task: mail-server
Package: dovecot-pop3d Architecture: amd64 Version: 1:2.3.7.2-1ubuntu3 Priority: optional Section: mail Source: dovecot Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Dovecot Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 170 Provides: pop3-server Depends: dovecot-core (= 1:2.3.7.2-1ubuntu3), ucf (>= 2.0020), libc6 (>= 2.4) Suggests: ufw Filename: pool/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-pop3d_2.3.7.2-1ubuntu3_amd64.deb Size: 33136 MD5sum: 63de2732623ec54514ee5ed5ebb000de SHA1: 81f017856c2e39320d49235ea3aad7a986be65f1 SHA256: bef17d9976ce94ceba28cc42d7921d0aef6593695fb7d0ceca07d39d6b5a04f1 Homepage: http://dovecot.org/ Description-en: secure POP3/IMAP server - POP3 daemon Dovecot is a mail server whose major goals are security and extreme reliability. It tries very hard to handle all error conditions and verify that all data is valid, making it nearly impossible to crash. It supports mbox/Maildir and its own dbox/mdbox formats, and should also be pretty fast, extensible, and portable.
This package contains the Dovecot POP3 server. Task: mail-server
There are three methods to install dovecot-pop3d on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install dovecot-pop3d Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dovecot-pop3d using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dovecot-pop3d
Install dovecot-pop3d Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dovecot-pop3d using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dovecot-pop3d
Install dovecot-pop3d Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install dovecot-pop3d using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dovecot-pop3d
How To Uninstall dovecot-pop3d on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the dovecot-pop3d package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dovecot-pop3d
Uninstall dovecot-pop3d And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dovecot-pop3d and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dovecot-pop3d
Remove dovecot-pop3d Configurations and Data
To remove dovecot-pop3d configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dovecot-pop3d
Remove dovecot-pop3d configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dovecot-pop3d configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dovecot-pop3d
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dovecot-pop3d package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
